51 Kim Lee (Pakistan, Age 15): English

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                                                      Kim Lee

                                                 Age 13, Pakistan                                    

            My name is Kim Lee. I am from Pakistan. I am 15 years old. When I was in Pakistan I live with my family. We are 6 members in our family my mom, my dad, me and my 3 sisters. We are really happy together. When I was in Pakistan me and my family always play game together at night. Sometime we tell jokes to each other. We always spend time together.

                  In Pakistan we have our own house. My house was really big and I have my own bedroom and bathroom. We also have our own garden where me and my friends play together. In summer me and friends always grew plants. My garden in pakistan is also full of flowers and a lot of different kind of butterflies. The smell of my garden was earthy, roses, ventilation, strong and wet.

             One day in the morning my dad was watching T.V and me and my sister’s was getting ready for school but we heard the news that “Talibans” bomb in the school. That new makes us shock. Then we did not went to school but it does not happen in our city because our city have a lot of army and people are really peaceful but I really feel sad on those mothers who send their kids to the school. Their mother’s were waiting for their kids to came back home safely home but after that news (that Taliban’s bomb in school) they will never gona come back. That news makes hole world shock! Taliban want Pakistan to be follow their rules and they thinks women’s are nothing. If women in Pakistan to not give a birth (Boy). They look for another wife (same as chinese ). In Pakistan Boys have allow to marry 4 times if they want. Some people sell the girls and make them to marry in 15 or 17 age. Some People kill their own daughters and throw them in the river etc.  Some time pakistani girls don’t even know who they are getting marry but boys have allow whatever they want ,like do love marriage and go anywhere they want etc. In Pakistan there is no right for women.

          After some years my uncle call my dad and he said that we have to come U.S because we have business in U.S and my uncle can not handle by himself. It make me sad because i don’t want to leave Pakistan, I spend my half Life in Pakistan and now i have to live. I will miss my cousins, my friends and most important my grandfather and grandmother because they are really old and how they will take care of their self but I have my other uncle to take care.

       After 1 week my dad said that I can go see my friends at school because i have last week in Pakistan. When i went to see my friends and teacher. They all were in classroom. It was morning at 8:00 clock. When I went inside a class everyone was so quiet and my friends start looking at me. My teacher stop writing and she also looking at me. I told my teachers and my friends that I am leaving pakistan, school and going to U.S. My friends was like “wow you are lucky that you are going to live in big place. They all look happy that i am going to a good place but one person face was really sad that was my best friend (Hunnia). We are really really close friends. We are childhood friends from kindergarten to 7th  grade together. We always play together and tell everything to each other but now we can’t because I am leaving. We promise that we will go to college together  and after college do to India together but the things we promise all left behind.

            After 1 week we went to our grandfather and grandmother house and my all cousins was there it was really noisy and crazy out there. I was feel really angry when we were leaving because everyone was crying but they have to be happy that we got our Visa . Then I meet all my cousin at night. My uncle drop me and my family on airport. and then we took a airplane to the U.S. After 16 hours we landed to New york. I was feeling really excited to see my other uncle and cousins. When I went out from airport I feel scared because I see a lot of different people. when I saw my cousins after 6 years they were so change. I feel really happy and starting my new journey in U.S ( New york).